A leading politician has
suggested that any historic visit to the Republic of Ireland by the
Queen may depend on the future direction of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
According to the outgoing Unionist leader the Rt. Reverend Ian
Paisley: "I would suspect you will not get the Queen coming
until we have confirmation that the IRA Army Council is finished, done away
with."
"After all, they were the people who
murdered her uncle".
Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma was one of four people killed in
August 1979 when the IRA detonated a fifty-pound bomb planted aboard
the former Viceroy of India's boat as it was moored in the waters close
to Mountbatten's holiday home in Mullaghmore, County Sligo.
As previously examined here,
the issue of whether Queen Elizabeth II will step foot in the Republic
of Ireland has become an increasingly hot topic of interest.
No British monarch has stepped foot in the Republic since Ireland was
partitioned in 1921.
A small piece of royal history was made in March this year when the
Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended the first Maundy
Thursday service to be held in Northern Ireland.
Comment: Every sensitivity must be used in reference to a Royal visit to the Republic . There is too much history of conflict for it to be approved by everyone .
Name: Emily Elizabeth Windsor-Cragg
Comment: I think this is highly significant, that the "Defender of the Faith" showed up in Northern Ireland, quietly, without the trappings of the State mechanisms making a fuss.
This is leading the people, not merely cowtowing to and favoring elites. Her Majesty ought to do a great deal more of this kind of "quieting conflict." Scotland and Wales both could use more of this KIND attention.
